CLOSED: NST TRD/ Magnuson 4.0 supercharger lightweight billet crank pulley | crank dampner

You need an impact gun or you can do the old school method of putting a breaker bar on the crank bolt while giving the starter a small tap to break the bolt free if you want to do those pulleys, the blower pulley that is. All the others are fine, as you know.

 

I would swap both OEM crank and overdrive pulley to the NST pulleys at the same time

 

I would also. Far less work to do it once and be done with it.

 

agreed. i just need to wait a few days. heres my current pump/ plumbing configuration for those needing ideas.

 

Starter motor, a friend/assistant, and a breaker bar.

 

Might have missed it, but once the crank bolt is off is a puller needed to remove the main pulley, or does it slip off?

 

Slips

 

thanks for that! did you heat the pulley for install? or just a little grease?

 

very good question.

 

The crank pulley is keyed. There is only one way the pulley can slide on in order to keep the timing mark accurate. A little grease is great especially around the stainless steel sleeve

Don’t heat the crank pulley

 

thanks for the tips! it looked obvious how it was situated but like a s/c hub i figured there was a techniqe. im not shy about asking. never turn down the chance to learn up.
wasnt sure if clearences were press close. for heat or cooling to install

 

@TRON , in your younger methanol days did you ever use a solenoid? i saw some rust in mine. after a year? wtf?

 

I used a check valve pre throttle body. It was stainless steel nickel plated. Think my pump was nickel plated too. No rust there just corrosion at the throttle body where it got caught between it and the coupler.

Still have the meth kit and might try it with my 2.1 pulley setup this summer. Still researching the best controller for it. Or find a controller for my 7th

 

roost bought a stage 3 controller. maybe we can learn faster with common controllers. but its great!

 

I Contacted NST to see if they had any left outside of the GB and waiting on a response. Anyone interested in selling theirs? If not anyone interested in getting rid of the stock boat anchor I’m in need of one.

 

I contact them a few weeks back and they didn't have any extras. Also didn't seem like they were interested in making more. Maybe if there is enough interest again they would do another run?

 

Any pics? I'm not sure I understand where to mark pulley. Am I marking on the bolt/pulley to make sure they didn't move or is it a mark on the outer part of pulley at 12 o'clock?

 

All you have to do is make a small tiny slit on the pulley in the exact location where the OE pulley has its TDC line as shown below, my mark was painted over with blue mechanics paint. That's all.

 

Is that the mercedes pump? And where did you get those shiny red brackets?

 

I’ve been trying to return my pulleys to NST for months now. Mine arrived damaged and the alt pulley was the wrong one like many of us.

They refuse to respond at this point.